Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defeatingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-feat-ing-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to defeat, or frustrate progress.

Example Sentences

"Mathematics is cognitively difficult, technical, abstract, and (for many) defeatingly impersonal: one needs, it seems, to have been inside the dressing room in order to make much sense of the play."
"It seemed defeatingly solid, but the metal building attaching to the frame seemed rusty and fatigued. He pressed against it, and it seemed like it would give way easily."

Etymology

From defeating + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: defeating

Questions

What does defeatingly mean?: So as to defeat, or frustrate progress.
Where does defeatingly come from?: From defeating + -ly.

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